vector field

English

A vector field in electricity.

Pronunciation

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Noun

vector field (plural vector fields)

1. (mathematics) a function mapping a subset of ${ℝ}^n$ into a subset of ${ℝ}^n$
2. (differential geometry) a function which associates, to each point on a surface, a vector in the tangent plane of that point

Related terms

• scalar field

Translations

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• Albanian: fusha vektoriale
• Basque: bektore-eremua
• Bulgarian: векторно поле n (vektorno pole)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 向量場 / 向量场 (zh) (xiàngliángcháng)

• Czech: vektorové pole n
• Danish: vektorfelt n
• Dutch: vectorveld (nl)
• Esperanto: vektora kampo
• Finnish: vektorikenttä
• French: champ vectoriel (fr) m
• Galician: campo vectorial m
• German: Vektorfeld n
• Hindi: सदिश क्षेत्र (sadiś kṣetra)
• Hungarian: vektormező
• Italian: campo vettoriale (it) m
• Japanese: ベクトル場 (ja) (bekutoru-ba)
• Kazakh: векторлық өріс (vektorlıq öris)
• Polish: pole wektorowe n
• Portuguese: campo vetorial
• Russian: ве́кторное по́ле n (véktornoje póle)
• Spanish: campo vectorial
• Ukrainian: ве́кторне по́ле (véktorne póle)
• Vietnamese: trường vector